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Kingdom of Portugal
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Coimbra
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Álvaro Gil Cabral (c.1335-?) was a Portuguese nobleman, Lord of Belmonte, and Azurara. He served as
Alcaide
Alcaide is a Portuguese and Spanish name, meaning 'castle commander'. It is borrowed from the Arabic term , which literally means 'commander'.
Etymology
From the Arabic 'commander' it becomes the Spanish form alcayde or alcaide, origin of the ...
of
Guarda, Portugal
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between 1383 and 1399.
Biography
Álvaro was born in the
Iberian Peninsula
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, son of Gil Cabral, a nobleman who was bishop of Guarda. He was married to Catarina Anes de Loureiro, daughter of João Anes Loureiro and Catarina Dias de Figueiredo, a noble lady, descendant of Rui Vasques Pereira.
Cabral was related to the discoverer of the Azores, he was the maternal grandfather of
Gonçalo Velho Cabral
Gonçalo Velho Cabral ( 1400 – c. 1460) was a Portuguese monk and Commander in the Order of Christ, explorer (credited with the discovery of the Formigas, the re-discovery of the islands of Santa Maria and São Miguel in the Azores) and hered ...
. And he was the paternal great-grandfather of the discoverer of Brazil,
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral (; born Pedro Álvares de Gouveia; ) was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil. He was the first human in history to ever be on four continents, ...
.
Álvaro Gil Cabral participated actively in Portuguese politics, being vassal of Ferdinand I and
John I John I may refer to:
People
Religious figures
* John I (bishop of Jerusalem)
* John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople
* John I of Antioch (died 441)
* Pope John I of Alexandria, Coptic Pope from 496 to 505
* Pope John I, P ...
. He took part in the
Battle of Aljubarrota
The Battle of Aljubarrota was fought between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Crown of Castile on 14 August 1385. Forces commanded by King John I of Portugal and his general Nuno Álvares Pereira, with the support of English allies, opposed the a ...
, against the troops of
John I of Castile
John I (; 24 August 1358 – 9 October 1390) was King of Castile and List of Leonese monarchs, León from 1379 until 1390. He was the son of Henry II of Castile, Henry II and of his wife Juana Manuel of Castile. John ascended to the throne in 137 ...
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